counting cells in two columns that have the same results
 

I'm trying to come up with a formula that would give me a count of a yes/no
combination in two different columns like below:

K L
1 Member Approved
2 y y
3 y n
4 n y
5 y y

where I can get a count of the "Y" in column K that are also "Y" in column
L, in other words, the members who are also approved. I've tried stringing
two countif formulae together, but can't seem to get that to work. Any
suggestions?

counting cells in two columns that have the same results
 

Chris........Try this:

=SUMPRODUCT((K2:K100="Y")*(L2:L100="Y"))

Adjust range references to suit your situation.

Does that help?
***********
Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP


"Chris" wrote:

I'm trying to come up with a formula that would give me a count of a yes/no
combination in two different columns like below:

K L
1 Member Approved
2 y y
3 y n
4 n y
5 y y

where I can get a count of the "Y" in column K that are also "Y" in column
L, in other words, the members who are also approved. I've tried stringing
two countif formulae together, but can't seem to get that to work. Any
suggestions?

counting cells in two columns that have the same results
 

Hi,

Although sumproduct is definitely a better formula to use, you cn also use
an array formula (Ctrl+Shiuft+Enter)

=sum(if((rangeK="y")*(rangeL="y"),1,0))

Regards,

Ashish Mathur

"Chris" wrote:

I'm trying to come up with a formula that would give me a count of a yes/no
combination in two different columns like below:

K L
1 Member Approved
2 y y
3 y n
4 n y
5 y y

where I can get a count of the "Y" in column K that are also "Y" in column
L, in other words, the members who are also approved. I've tried stringing
two countif formulae together, but can't seem to get that to work. Any
suggestions?

counting cells in two columns that have the same results
 

Hi Chris!

You may try this (I have placed the y-n data in A2:B5 range to test them)...

=SUM(IF(A2:A5&B2:B5="yy",1,0))

enter the formula as an array formula (using CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER). You may
modify the ranges as appropriate.

Hope this helps!




--
Thanks and kind regards


"Chris" wrote:

I'm trying to come up with a formula that would give me a count of a yes/no
combination in two different columns like below:

K L
1 Member Approved
2 y y
3 y n
4 n y
5 y y

where I can get a count of the "Y" in column K that are also "Y" in column
L, in other words, the members who are also approved. I've tried stringing
two countif formulae together, but can't seem to get that to work. Any
suggestions?

counting cells in two columns that have the same results
 

I get an error that stats value not available. I copied the formula and then
simply adjusted the ranges. Does it matter if we're trying to use a
"sumproduct" formula and we're dealing with text? I'm trying to evaluate two
columns of text and they both have to be a "y" to be counted. Thanks.

"Ron Coderre" wrote:

Chris........Try this:

=SUMPRODUCT((K2:K100="Y")*(L2:L100="Y"))

Adjust range references to suit your situation.

Does that help?
***********
Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP


"Chris" wrote:

I'm trying to come up with a formula that would give me a count of a yes/no
combination in two different columns like below:

K L
1 Member Approved
2 y y
3 y n
4 n y
5 y y

where I can get a count of the "Y" in column K that are also "Y" in column
L, in other words, the members who are also approved. I've tried stringing
two countif formulae together, but can't seem to get that to work. Any
suggestions?

counting cells in two columns that have the same results
 

Tried it. Did not get an error message, but continually got a "0" answer
regardless of the combination of "Y"s and "N"s in each of the columns.

"Ashish Mathur" wrote:

Hi,

Although sumproduct is definitely a better formula to use, you cn also use
an array formula (Ctrl+Shiuft+Enter)

=sum(if((rangeK="y")*(rangeL="y"),1,0))

Regards,

Ashish Mathur

"Chris" wrote:

I'm trying to come up with a formula that would give me a count of a yes/no
combination in two different columns like below:

K L
1 Member Approved
2 y y
3 y n
4 n y
5 y y

where I can get a count of the "Y" in column K that are also "Y" in column
L, in other words, the members who are also approved. I've tried stringing
two countif formulae together, but can't seem to get that to work. Any
suggestions?

counting cells in two columns that have the same results
 

Returns a value of 0 in every case regardless of the combinations of "Y"s and
"N"s in each of the respective columns.

"RaymundCG" wrote:

Hi Chris!

You may try this (I have placed the y-n data in A2:B5 range to test them)...

=SUM(IF(A2:A5&B2:B5="yy",1,0))

enter the formula as an array formula (using CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER). You may
modify the ranges as appropriate.

Hope this helps!




--
Thanks and kind regards


"Chris" wrote:

I'm trying to come up with a formula that would give me a count of a yes/no
combination in two different columns like below:

K L
1 Member Approved
2 y y
3 y n
4 n y
5 y y

where I can get a count of the "Y" in column K that are also "Y" in column
L, in other words, the members who are also approved. I've tried stringing
two countif formulae together, but can't seem to get that to work. Any
suggestions?

counting cells in two columns that have the same results
 

Chris:

Please post your formula so we can see what structure you're using.

***********
Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP


"Chris" wrote:

I get an error that stats value not available. I copied the formula and then
simply adjusted the ranges. Does it matter if we're trying to use a
"sumproduct" formula and we're dealing with text? I'm trying to evaluate two
columns of text and they both have to be a "y" to be counted. Thanks.

"Ron Coderre" wrote:

Chris........Try this:

=SUMPRODUCT((K2:K100="Y")*(L2:L100="Y"))

Adjust range references to suit your situation.

Does that help?
***********
Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP


"Chris" wrote:

I'm trying to come up with a formula that would give me a count of a yes/no
combination in two different columns like below:

K L
1 Member Approved
2 y y
3 y n
4 n y
5 y y

where I can get a count of the "Y" in column K that are also "Y" in column
L, in other words, the members who are also approved. I've tried stringing
two countif formulae together, but can't seem to get that to work. Any
suggestions?

counting cells in two columns that have the same results
 

OMG.....it works!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you! :)





"Ron Coderre" wrote:

Chris........Try this:

=SUMPRODUCT((K2:K100="Y")*(L2:L100="Y"))

Adjust range references to suit your situation.

Does that help?
***********
Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP


"Chris" wrote:

I'm trying to come up with a formula that would give me a count of a yes/no
combination in two different columns like below:

K L
1 Member Approved
2 y y
3 y n
4 n y
5 y y

where I can get a count of the "Y" in column K that are also "Y" in column
L, in other words, the members who are also approved. I've tried stringing
two countif formulae together, but can't seem to get that to work. Any
suggestions?